Wichita eagle., 1887-08-24
ON THE WING.
Interesting Descriptive Of Points In New
Mexico by our Special Correspondent.

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Interesting Descriptive Of Points In New
Mexico by our Special Correspondent.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Passing over the main line of the Santa
Fee road through the many live Kansas
towns, with which the readers of the EAGLE
are fully acquainted, I stopped for brief
while at the bristling town of Lamar, Col.
| From there l came directly to this place
/ (Trinidad) and l find 1t to be quite an In
teresting town, indeed.
1t is stated upon good authority, Qradi
| tion,) that one certain Yankee Doodle
could not see the town for so many
houses" And if 1 believed the story at all,
which do not, 1 should proclaim to the
world that had discovered this particular
town, for truely one can scarcely see
Trinidad for the houses and.hills.
Picture to yourself beautiful city with
wide, lovely streets, magnificent parks
and grand, towering edifces, resting grace
fully upon the swelling bosom of delight
full prairie, and imagine that some huge
giant in nature should pick 1t
up bodily, prairie and all,
and tumble the outfit into some
hideous mountain valley, and then you
will have fair idea of Trinidad l do not
know that such catastrophe ever happen
ed to this place. but certain 1t Is that her
streets are jumbled together in the most
miscellaneous way, her trees grow most of
their foliage underground, if they grow
much anywhere her parks seem to have
been off on high-lonesome, and some of
her old adobe buildings bear evidence of
having been besieged and battered by
bulls, or something. Perhaps it was some
thing
For some time could not see the town
for so many saloons, although I made
vigorous search from 10 o'clock In the
forenoon until nearly 10 that night. II
all seems vague to me now.
The next morning strolled into a real
estate Office and was at once taken for q
man of means and high station. Twas be-
set upon every hand by horde of land
sharks who told me to go away, according
ly repaired to the Hotel De Barn. where
1 was stopping, and reposed for three
hours.
But about Trinidad, am constrained to
give few impressions which I gathered,
not from the tender vibrations of any
body's chin, but through the five avenues,
called the senses. To me it seems certain
that Trinidad Is destined to be great city.
She is in the center of vast scope Of rich,
grazing and agricultural land, has mex
haustable mines of coal magnificent building
stone, cheap lumber, excellent and increas
ing railroad facilities, schools, libraries,
churches and many additional advantages
which space forbids mentioning.
All this taken In connection with the
super excellent advantage of having living
beings working with might and main to
force their city to the fore, assures her flu
ture greatness beyond peradventure
There are many objects of interest to be
seen here by the pleasure seekers and TO-
YER The mountains rise up on every
hand in glorious, grand, magnifcently,
sublime, oriental, gorgeous, occidental,
carbohydrates wanting full descrip-
ton Of mountain scenery may send me
their address and enclose stamps for re-
ply. have NO time to describe them at
this writing. 1 guarantee all my descrip
tons to be original. l never commence in
the good, old fashioned way by saying that
the mountains rear their lofty heods," for
that would not be true They were never
known to rear their heads. for they have
no heads; nor do they ever tuck their tails
or kick up their heels Sucherrors are too
gross and unrefned to be covered with the
veil Of poetic license, even.
Off to the northwest Of town Is towering
projection known as Simpsons Rest, so
called because a desperate named Simpson
died there.
climbed to the top of the elevation, In |
spite Of the extreme fatigue which knew
would reward me for my pains. l did it
partly because l was Gu rious to see Trini |
dad from the top side. and partly because
/ wanted to take last look at Simpsons
grave.
why on earth Simpson went away up
there to be buried l could never under
stand The place Is appropriately named,
for Simpsons Rest" it is indeed. He Is
evidently taking 1t easy. His little home
stead. two by six, is marked by sober
looking pile of rocks and slab bearing his
autograph don't think his claim will be
molested. Nobody could have the heart to
contest it.
Trinidad is rushing place and Is fast |
earning the title Of The Pittsburg of the
West"
From here | go through the great tun-
mel, over the Ration mountains and into the |
historical country of New Mexico. Adieu.
S. II.
Our minister at Madrid, the Rev. ]. L. !
NJ Curry, has written letter to the New
York Independent about the proposed cele |
bration of the four hundredth anniver- |
sary of Columbuss big find He says the
o,,aep raoent IF Snain has prornised him IN /